Further Assimilation

• Main Author: Lifjell, Ole-Henrik
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University 2019
• Subjects: Human rights; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous youth; Sami (European people); Assimilation (Sociology); Norway; Lifjell; sami; Sámi; Southern Sámi
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-mrmk-rr68

My name is Ole-Henrik Lifjell. I am a 24-year-old Sámi on the Norwegian side of Sápmi. I am what you call an Åarjel-saemie, a southern Sámi. Sápmi is the term we Sámi use to refer to the geographical area in which we reside. This includes the countries of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. The Sámi...